The defendant from Upper Austria spared his daughter and son-in-law at least one thing: that they had to testify and report on his perverse attacks on the granddaughter. The 63-year-old relented, but ultimately gambled away his family’s trust. Because there is a bad history.
“I confess and accept the consequences” – with this sentence, a Linzer (63) saved his daughter and son-in-law from the need to testify before the jury of the Linz Regional Court. Otherwise they would have had to describe how their daughter told them about Grandpa’s abuse. The prosecutor had read six sexual assaults in the indictment, including taking intimate photos of the six-year-old and consuming child pornography.
The grandfather had been given a second chance by the family and had already been sentenced to seven years in prison in Garsten for serious sexual abuse of his own daughter. In 2009 he was released and five years later he contacted his daughter again, who then allowed him to take care of the granddaughter. Trust has been abused.
Meeting before negotiation
“Do you know what you did to your granddaughter and her family?” asked the president of the jury. “I hate myself for it,” said the grandfather, whom the daughter and son-in-law at the negotiating door did not even look at. All contacts have been broken and his marriage is also on the brink.
The verdict: two years in prison, five years could have been. The suspect did not immediately accept the consequences, but took the time to think about it. Although the judge had promised ankle cuffs, because the six months in prison count towards the sentence. The Public Prosecution Service has not issued a statement either; the verdict is not final.
Source: Krone
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